Montana-Dakota Utilities is dedicated to providing timely and accurate electric, outage information and our Outage Map feature provides 24/7, online access for customers.

City State Affected Area Estimated Service Restoration Time

The table above lists the most recently reported outages that are affecting customers in Montana-Dakota Utilities' service areas. The information in the table is based on information obtained from customers and field technician reporting. The "Affected Area" column provides specific details which are not available on the map above. Note: Not all service outages from the map will necessarily be included in the table.

Useful Electrical and Gas Service Outage Information

Montana-Dakota Utilities provides electric and gas services to communities throughout the region and occasionally service interruptions occur.  Service interruptions are either scheduled or unscheduled occurrences that affect the availability of gas or electric resources to our customers.  If you experience a gas or electrical service emergency please contact Montana-Dakota by phone, 24 hours a day by calling 800-638-3278.

Montana-Dakota Utilities' Safety and Education web pages provide additional information to assist customers with understanding how to respond to various utility events.  Please, take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the helpful information on our Safety and Education web pages.

Storm Information

The world’s weather is an incredibly complex and amazing wonder of nature.  Unfortunately, sometimes the weather affects the infrastructure that Montana-Dakota Utilities uses to provide customers with access to resources.  We have put together the following list of web resources to help our customers understand and prepare for various weather related events.

General Weather Links

Agency Links

State Emergency Management Links

Understanding Outage Map Functions

Understanding Outage Map Functions Search

Customers can enter the zip code for their city or the address into the search field. The Outage Map will center and zoom to the specified location. If using a mobile device, users can select the location icon (top middle of map) and use their devices GPS signal as a point of reference to zoom and center the map.

The "Clusters" view displays data in circles which are colored based on the number of customers affect by the outage. The maps legend explains the cluster colors. Users can click on a cluster within the map to zoom to an area and see a more detailed view.

The "Heatmap" view displays information based on the density of the service outage in the area. The map's legend defines the colors. User will need to double-click the area or use the map's scale-slider (top left of map) in order to zoom into an area.

All map data is updated every 15 minutes. To view current data users may need to refresh the page in the browser.

The outage material posted on this website is provided as a courtesy by Montana-Dakota Utilities. The material is believed to be reasonably accurate based on recent information; however, it includes assumptions from estimates and projections and no representation is made that the posted materials are comprehensive or free from error. The outage areas and estimated restoration times are provided "as is" without any guarantee or warranty of any kind, express or implied. During emergency or large outage situations, the information available may be limited, delayed, or not totally accurate because of changing circumstances. Montana-Dakota Utilites does not assume any responsibility or legal liability for the reliance, use, accuracy, or completeness of any of the posted materials.